The principal duties of an Inspector shall be inspection and examination of boilers and steam pipes and other connected fittings for registration or renewal of certificates. He shall also perform the duties of an Inspecting Officer when required to do so by the Inspecting Authority. Inspection shall be carried out in strict accordance with the Regulations and these Rules.
(2) Kinds of inspection.- There shall be three kinds of inspection of boilers namely :-
(a) when a boiler has been offered for registration as required under section 7.
(b) When the certificate granted under the Act is about to expire or when it has been revoked or withdrawn under section 11 and the owner desires that it shall be renewed under section 8;
(c) an inspection at any time for the purpose of ascertaining if the boiler is being operated in confirmity with the provisions of the Act and rules framed thereunder.
(3) Search for unregistered boilers. – It shall be the duty of an Inspector to search for unregistered uncertificated boilers within his area and to see that certificated boilers are worked in accordance with the terms of the certificates and with the regulations or rules framed under the Act.
(4) Inspector to advise owners. – At the time of Inspection, Inspectors may advise the owners and the person in-charge of the boiler on the safety in operation, good maintenance and periodical cleaning of boilers and feed water treatment.
(5) Specific duties – Inspector shall –
(a) maintain a memorandum of inspection book for each boiler as prescribed in regulation 386 under his charge and submit it to the Deputy Chief Inspector or, as the case may be to the Chief Inspector for examination and countersignature after each inspection ;
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(b) receive applications for registration or inspection under section 7 or section 8 in Form B-I appended to these rules ;
(c) enquire into accidents of boilers, steam pipes or connected fittings and report to the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector ;
(d) report to the Chief Inspector cases of unreported accidents, discovered at the time of inspection ;
(e) submit for the orders of the Deputy Chief Inspector or as the case may be, the Chief Inspector –
(i) the memorandum of inspection books of all boilers proposed for registration under section,
(ii) proposals for increasing or reducing the pressure of boiler after inspection under clause (a) (ii) of the second proviso to sub-section (5) of section 8,
(iii) proposals for necessary repairs, structural alterations or renewals to a boiler after inspection under clause (b) of the second proviso to sub-section (5) of section 8,
(iv) proposals for refusing to renew a certificate under section 8 and proposals for revoking or withdrawing certificate or provisional order under section 11,
(v) report when boilers have not been properly prepared for inspection under section 14,
(vi) proposal for prosecution under the Act, and forward the same with his recommendation to the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector of Boilers,
(f) receive report of accidents under section 18 and forward the same with his recommendation to the Deputy Inspector or Chief Inspector of Boilers,
(6) Submission of declaration by the Inspector.- When an inspection under the Act is completed, the Inspector making it shall prepare a declaration in Form B-2 appended to these rules, shall clearly note in column 8 of the Form the limit of the working pressure and shall forward the same with the application to the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector.